BIG POP GIRLS 2024

matthew.

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I'm not in any group chats because no one wants to talk to me :(

Baby we know the real reason

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@RJF and I set up a group chat of just us two during the Chromatica era where we concoct international takedowns and character assassinations in several fields actually. We still haven't seen each other's face because that would tamper with our operations though.

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I would be wary of PMing character assassinations with @RJF, he has previous for accidentally PMing it to the target!
 

eccentricsimply

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they/them
Well, fuck it.

The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess - 9.5 (dddddddddddddddd and it has a 7!)
Hit Me Hard and Soft - 8.5
Short n Sweet - 7.8
Cowboy Carter - 7.4
Brat - 7
Eternal Sunshine - 6.8
Radical Optimism - 6.2
The Tortured Poets Department - 5

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Consider that Rise and Fall is one of my favorite albums of all times, like ever, (I have a Femininomenon tattoo ddddd) and I've batted hard for Taylor albums in the past. I don't want to sound redundant and I know this sentiment was already shared a bunch of times, dear swifties no need to remind me, but the album was genuinely dragged down by just being too big and samey.

My top 10 scores of it had a respectable average of 6.8 which is the same as Eternal Sunshine which I think is a fine album.
 
eternal sunshine - 8.38 (10 x 2)
Cowboy Carter - 8.07 (10 x 2)
brat - 8.00 (10 x 1)
The Tortured Poets Department - 7.79 (10 x 2)
The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess - 7.39
Radical Optimism - 7.36
Short n’ Sweet - 7.08
Extras - 6.60 (10 x 1)
HIT ME HARD AND SOFT - 5.85

A lowkey surprise - I never would've expected to put these albums I this specific order (except for Billie, sorry dd).
I love rates like this, because it really shows that the way we perceive albums is far more about a start-to-finish experience as opposed to viewing them as a sum of their parts.

I'm so excited for the kii that these results are about to be.
 
I finished! Here are my original averages and final ones for comparison.
Whew okay! I got my first listens done and wanted to post my inital averages to see how they might change. So after one listen to everything, this is it.
The Tortured Poets Department - 9.72 (1x11, 8x10s, 1x8.5)
Short N Sweet - 9.69 (ha! fitting) (7x10s, 2x9s)
COWBOY CARTER - 9.59 (13x10s, 1x8)
HIT ME HARD AND SOFT - 9.55 (4x10s, 3x9s)
TTPD combined - 9.52

eternal sunshine - 9.48 (4x10s, 1x8.5)
The Rise & Fall Of A Midwest Princess - 9.38 (7x10s, 1x7)
The Anthology - 9.3 (5x10s, 1x8)
Radical Optimism - 8.77 (1x10, 1x7)
Extras - 8.72 (4x10s, 3x6s)
Brat - 8.61 (1x10, 2x7s)
It's always interesting to see how numbered averages can make something differ from personal rankings, as I'd probably place them in this order:
The Tortured Poets Department - 9.78 (1x11, 8x10s, 2x9s)
Short n' Sweet - 9.68 (7x10s, 2x9s)
HIT ME HARD & SOFT - 9.65 (5x10s, 2x9s)
TTPD Complete - 9.56 (1x11, 13x10s, 2x8s)
eternal sunshine - 9.56 (5x10s, 4x9s)
COWBOY CARTER - 9.47 (12x10s, 1x6)
Radical Optimism - 9.45 (4x10s, 1x7.5)
The Anthology - 9.33 (5x10s, 2x8s)
The Rise & Fall Of A Midest Princess - 9.32 (7x10s, 1x7)
Extras - 8.73 (5x10s, 1x4)
Brat - 8.66 (2x10s, 1x5.5)
Total 10s - 60
So Tortured Poets, HARD & SOFT, eternal sunshine, Radical Optimism, the extras and Brat all went up in averages, with Dua especially having a big jump, and her, Charli, Billie and Ariana getting more 10s. And COWBOY CARTER, Short n Sweet and Ride & Fall barely dropped in averages, mostly due to slightly lower scores. And the Anthology has the same average as before ddd.
 
Is there's a possibility for a little extension? Just a little. My stupid ass really thought tomorrow was the deadline. Or are we starting reveals tomorrow? God knows Taylor and Chappell need some of my votes.

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I have been living for and 800% agree with the principal of being strict on the deadlines on the annual rate, especially with the logistics of coordinating reveals between several hosts. But. I'm assuming the bottom 3 is obvious and won't be changed by the wildest of votes that come through at the last minute.

Give the girls the flexibility of an additional 6 minutes.
 

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